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The State Department of Education 

Visual Instruction Division 

Reprinted from the Twelfth Annual Report of the State Department of Education 

SLIDES AND PHOTOGRAPHS 

List i8 

(Second edition, January 191 7) 

AMERICAN LITERATURE 

The following list contains 241 titles of pictures relating to 68 
American writers. The collection consists of portraits, of pictures 
of homes and other places associated with the writers and of illus- 
trations of the writings of these men and women. 

Adaptation. When a particular author and his works are being 
studied, some such aids are very valuable. These pictures reveal 
personality and, when properly studied, help to answer the questions : 
What was the appearance of the author ? Where did he live? What 
were his associations? What were the scenes and events about 
which he wrote? These questions, however, are of interest and real 
value chiefly as raised in connection with the direct study of litera- 
ture itself; hence these slides and photographs are adapted not 
primarily for popular entertainment, but for careful use by indi- 
viduals, classes and organizations that are making a study of a writer. 

Portraits. Attention is directed particularly to the portraits of 
the collection. These have been made in almost every case directly 
from paintings from life or from photographic negatives from life. 
Such reproductions are much superior to portraits usually within 
reach of the student. The half-tone cut is a poor substitute for 
a lantern slide or photographic print made directly from a good 
original negative. The features and facial expression of an author 
should become familiar to the student through the best mediums 
possible. 

Emphasis is put upon the desirability of having the student see 
these portraits a niimber of times. Schools may well use both the 
slides and the prints, the former for class exercises and the latter 
to be seen on the bulletin board or the library table by individuals. 

For some authors more than one portrait is offered. Study these 
comparatively. Note at what time in life the author is represented. 
Observe how he changes in appearance with age. The mention of 
the name of an author should immediately call up a distinct image 
of his appearance. There is a vast difference between learning 
a few biographical statements from a book and becoming familiar 
with a career by being brought into contact with it. A good por- 
trait expresses character. 

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Homes. Some residences are so distinctive in architectural 
features and surroundings as to be easily remembered; for example, 
" Sunnyside " and " The Old Manse "; they are interesting in them- 
selves. Others would attract no attention except for their asso- 
ciations. In using the pictures of the homes of writers, consider 
where they are located, that is, in what section of the country and 
whether in the city or the country, the relative attractiveness of 
the surroundings, the length of time occupied by the writer, the 
proximity to the homes of other writers and distinguished persons, 
for these are all factors likely to have influenced the character of 
the writer's thoughts and feelings. See how far his writing can be 
traced to these influences, or perhaps how far the writer's tastes 
led to the selection of his environment; for example, note the close 
correspondence between the writings of John Burroughs and his Hfe 
at West Park with the Hudson ever before him and the Catskills 
adjoining his orchard and vineyard. 

Maps. As an aid in the study of locations, two literary maps 
have been prepared for the collection ; one for New England and the 
other for southeastern New York. A use of these two maps in 
connection with the pictures of American literature will bring out the 
fact that New York is the literary center of the United States. 
Reference should be made to other maps also as occasion requires. 

Illustrations of subjects. Pictures of places and scenes may help 
somewhat in the formation of the mental picture which the author 
would have the reader form ; but as a rule no attempt has been made 
to carry through a story by pictures. We would not encourage that 
use of pictures which consists merely of a momentary glance at 
one picture after another as successive hues of a poem are read. 
That is not visual instruction. 

School use. The pictures of this list are useful for both elementar}'- 
and high school grades. When pupils of elementary grades are 
memorizing a poem, it is worth while that they associate the poem 
with the writer through some study of suitable pictures. In advanced 
classes a more critical analysis of such visual aids should be made. 

Acknowledgments. Special acknowledgment is made of the 
service to education rendered by certain portrait photographers of 
the highest standing who have generously granted us the favor of 
using their negatives of distinguished persons. Note those credited 
to Pach Brothers and Rockwood Studio of New York, F. Gutekunst 
of Philadelphia and Harris & Ewing of Washington. The collec- 
tion includes also a number of the Brady portraits obtained from 
the Army War College in Washington, F. H. Meserve of New York, 
and elsewhere. For the reproduction of paintings we are indebted 
to a number of museums, art galleries and individuals who have 
granted the privilege of photographing the originals under favorable 
conditions. 

A. W. Abrams 

Chief, Visual Instruction Division 
Albany, N. Y., August 20, IQ14 

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References: 

Bacon, Edwin M. Boston — a Guide Book. Ginn & Co. 

*^ Literary Pilgrimages in New England. Silver, Burdett & Co. 

Bolton, Sarah K. Famous American Authors. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 
Fields, Annie. Authors and Friends. Houghton Mifflin Company 
Gilder, J. L. & J. B., Editors. Authors at Home. A. Wessels Company 
Halsey, Francis Whiting. American Authors and Their Homes. James 

Pott & Co. 
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Old Cambridge. The Macmillan Company 
Howe, M. A. De Wolfe. American Bookmen. Dodd, Mead & Co. 
Howells, William Dean. Literary Friends and Acquaintances. Harper 

& Brothers 
IngersoU, Ernest. Illustrated Guide to the Hudson River. Rand, McNally 

& Co. 
Mitchell, Donald Grant. American Lands and Letters: the Mayflower to 

Rip Van Winkle. Charles Scribner's Sons 
* American Lands and Letters: Leather Stocking to Poe's " Raven." 

Charles Scribner's Sons 
Stearns, Frank Preston. Sketches from Concord and Appledore. G. P. 

Putnam's Sons 
Stedman, Edmund Clarence. Poets of America. Houghton Mifflin Company 
Swift, Lindsay. Brook Farm. The Macmillan Company 

* Literary Landmarks of Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company 

Vedder, Henry C. American Writers of To-day. Silver, Burdett & Co. 
Wendell, Barrett. A Literary History of America. Charles Scribner's Sons 
Wolfe, Theodore F. Literary Haunts and Homes ; American Authors. J. B. 

Lippincott Company 
* Literary Shrines. J. B. Lippincott Company 



ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT 



Page Page 

Maps 5 

Poets , 

Bryant, William Cullen 5 Saxe, John Godfrey 12 

Gilder, Richard Watson 5 Smith, Samuel Francis 12 

Howe, Julia (Ward) 5 Stedman, Edmund Clarence 12 

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth .... 5 Taylor, Bayard 13 

Lowell, James Russell 11 Whitman, Walt 13 

Miller, Joaquin 12 Whittier, John Greenleaf 13 

Poe, Edgar Allan 12 Willis, Nathaniel Parker 14 

Riley, James Whitcomb 12 

Novelistslandjtory'writers 

Alcott, Louisa M 14 Jewett, Sarah Orne 21 

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey 15 Mitchell, S. Weir 21 

Cable, George W 15 Page, Thomas Nelson 21 

Cooper, J. Fenimore 15 Seton, Ernest Thompson 21 

Davis, Richard Harding 18 Spofford, Harriet (Prescott) 22 

Hale, Edward Everett 19 Stowe, Harriet (Beecher) 22 

Harte, (Francis) Bret 19 Trowbridge, John Townsend 22 

Hawthorne, Nathaniel 19 Wallace, Lew(is) 22 

Howells, William Dean 21 Ward, Elizabeth Stuart (Phelps) . 22 

Essayists 

Burroughs, John 22 Holland, Josiah Gilbert 23 

Curtis, George William 23 Matthews, J. Brander 24 

Emerson, Ralph Waldo 23 Thoreau, Henry D 24 

Humorists 

Bangs, John Kendrick 24 Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). . 28 

Burdette, Robert J 24 Ward, Artemus (Charles F. 

Holmes, Oliver Wendell 24 Browne) 28 

Irving, Washington 26 

Orators and statesmen 

Clay, Henry 28 Roosevelt, Theodore 29 

Everett, Edward 29 Schurz, Carl 29 

Garrison, WilHam Lloyd 29 Webster, Daniel 29 

PhilUps, Wendell 29 

Historians and sociologists 

Bancroft, George 30 Riis, Jacob 30 

Motley, John Lothrop 30 Wilson, Woodrow 30 

Writers on religion, ethics and philosophy 

Abbott, Lyman 30 Brooks, Phillips 31 

Alcott, A. Bronson 30 Collyer, Robert 31 

Beecher, Henry Ward 31 Ossoli, Margaret (Fuller) 31 

Journalists 

Dana, Charles Anderson 31 Gray, David 31 

Franklin, Benjamin (see List 7, Greeley, Horace 3 1 

Benjamin FrankHn) Townsend, George Alfred 31 

Gilder, Jeanette Leonard 31 Weed, Thurlow 31 



LIST OF SLIDES AND PHOTOGRAPHS 
Maps 

Call no. 
M 3 Literary Map of New England. Prepared by the Visual Instruction 

Division. (1913) 
M 5 Literary Map of Southeastern New York. Prepared by the Visual 

Instruction Division. (1914) 

Poets 

William Cullen Bryant (i 794-1878) 

References: *Bacon, p. 248-50. 447-48, 464-70; Howe, p. 52-75; 
Mitchell, p. 366-96; Stedman, p. 62-94; Wendell, p. 192-203; Wolfe, 
p. 136-43 et passim 

MBn BD . . . Portrait, Full Length Figure Seated at a Table, Full Face. From 
negative from life in Brady collection. Army War College, Wash- 
ington. (1912) 

MBn BD2. .Portrait, Nearly Full Length Figure Seated at a Table, Left Side of 
Face. From Brady negative from life in collection of Mr F. H. 
Meserve, New York. (19 13) 

While Bryant was born in Cummington, Mass., was admitted to 
the bar in Plymouth, and practised law in Great Harrington for 
nine years, he moved to New York in 1825 and lived there for over 
fifty years. See maps M 3 and M 5. 

Richard Watson Gilder (i 844-1 909) 
References: Bolton, p. 309-25; Stedman, p. 442 

MGi BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1907) by Pach Bros., New York. (1912) 
Editor of the Century magazine for over twenty years. 

Julia {Ward) Howe (181 9- 191 o) 

References: *Bacon, p. 253, 288-89; Gilder, p. 183-92 

MHr BD. . .Portrait. From photograph in collection of Mr F. H. Meserve. 
New York. (1913) 
Author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, noted advocate of 
woman suffrage. 

MHrBL. . .Home (middle house shown). 241 Beacon street, Boston. (1912) 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82) 

References: *Bacon, p. 106-9, 132-38, 155-58, 160-62, 324-36; 
Bolton, p. 28-57; Fields, p. 3-64; Higginson, p. 111-44; Howells, 
p. 181-211; *Mitchell, p. 282-305; Stedman, p. 180-224; Wendell, 
p. 378-92 



Call no. 
MLo BC4.. .Portrait, Three-quarter Length, Standing. From negative from 
Hfe in collection of Mr F. H. Meserve, New York. (1913) 

Photographed while Longfellow was a professor at Harvard 
University. 

MLo BD . . .Portrait of Longfellow and Daughter (" Edith with golden hair "). 
From painting by G. P. A. Healey, owned by Mrs R. H. Dana, 
Cambridge, Mass. (191 1) 

MLo BD5 . .Portrait. From negative (1876) from life by F. Gutekunst, Phila- 
delphia. (1912) 

MLo BE , . . Bust of Longfellow, by Sir Thomas Brock. Poets Corner, West- 
minster Abbey, London 

Dm CG. . . .Craigie House, Home of Longfellow, Front. Cambridge, Mass. 

(1911) 

Courtship of Miles Slandish 
JE Chs . . . .The Embarkation of the Pilgrims. From copy by Edgar Parker 

(Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.) of painting by Robert Weir, 

Capitol, Washington. (191 1) 

Miles Standish and his wife Rose are represented in the lower 
right corner of the picture. 

JE Cv3 . . . .The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, December 20, 1620. Froni 
painting by W. F. Halsall. Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass. 
(1911) 

JE DP Plymouth Rock, Canopy and Wharf. Plymouth, Mass. (191 1) 

" Plymouth Rock, that had been to their feet as a doorstep 
Into a world unknown — -the corner stone of a nation! " 

MLo C2. . . .Miles Standish and John Alden in a Room of Standish's Dwelling. 
From tableau prepared by A. T. Kempton. (About 1903) 

John Alden busily writing at a table; Miles Standish recalling 
events connected with the arms and weapons of war hanging on 
the wall (section i). 

JE Dy7. . . .The Damascus Sword of Miles vStandish; also His Iron Pot and 
Pewter Platter. Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass. (191 1) 

Section i. 

MLo C3. . . .John Alden and Priscilla: " Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, 
John? " From tableau prepared by A. T. Kempton. (About 
1903) 
Section 3. 

JEDb5....The Challenge of Canonicus. From drawing by C. J. HoUiday. 
(1908) 

Standish is upbraiding Alden for supplanting him in the affections 
of Priscilla, when he learns of the message from Canonicus. Straight- 
way he buckles on his armor and goes to the council chamber picture d 
here. Among the councilors is " the excellent elder of Plymouth," 
" covered with snow, but erect " (section 4). 

MLo C7. .. .Wedding of John Alden and Priscilla, Return of Miles Standish. 
From tableau prepared by A. T. Kempton. (About 1903) 

Section 9. 



Call no. 

MLo Cq The Bridal Procession. From painting by C. Y. Turner (1850- ). 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (1913) 
Copyrighted, reproduced by permission of the artist 

Alden " brought out hjs snow-white bull 
Led by a cord that was tied to an iron ring in its nostrils, 
Covered with crimson cloth, and a cushion placed for a saddle." 
Section 9. 

JE EaR. . . .Alden House, 1653. Duxbury, Mass. (1911). 

Although both this and the Standish house were built later than 
the time of the poem they are of interest in this study because of 
their associations with two of the principal persons in the poem. 

JE EsR. . . .Standish House. Duxbury, Mass. (191 1) 

Built by the son of Miles Standish in 1666. 

JE EsM.. . .-Miles Standish Monument. Duxbury, Mass. (191 1) 

For additional views of the Plymouth settlement, see Catalog 
2, part A. 

Evangeline 

By means of the maps and the following views try to form a clear 
mental picture of the topography and general character of the land 
of the Acadians: the Basin of Minas; the extensive marshland, or 
meadows, on the south shore of the basin; the dikes and how the 
meadows were reclaimed from the sea by means of them; the Corn- 
wall and Gaspereau valleys; the fertility of the land; the numerous 
orchards and the grain fields. 

Ee 3 Map of the Province of Nova Scotia. Prepared by the Visual 

Instruction Division. (1913) 

MLo E Map of the Evangeline Country and the Basin of Minas. Prepared 

by the Visual Instruction Division. (19 13) 

MLo E15. . .Cornwallis River, Meadows and Dikes. One mile east of Kent- 
ville, N. S. (1913) 

MLo E17. . .Upper Dyke Village and Some of the Best Orchards of the Corn- 
wallis Valley. Near Kentville, N. S. (1913) 

MLa E2. .. .Gaspereau Valley and Village; Orchards. From ridge back of 
Wolfville, N. S. (191 3) 

MLo E22. . . Mouth of the Gaspereau, Scene of the Embarkation of the Acadians: 
Blomidon, Basin of Minas, Hortonville. N. S. (1913) 

MLo E24. . . Extensive View North from Ridge between Cornwallis and Gaspereau 
Rivers: Grand Pre Railroad Station, Old French Willows, 
Blomidon. N. S. (1913) 

MLo E26. .. Making Hay on the Meadows; Dikes. Near Kentville, N. S. 

(1913) 
ML0E28. ..Old French Willows; Extensive Meadows. Grand Pre, N. S. 

(i9i3)' 
These meadows were the heart of the land of the Acadians. 



Call no. 

Ee X5 Dike along Annapolis Basin; Meadows; North Mountain. Annapolis, 

N. S. (1913) 

T'Not in the Evangeline country but shows very well meadows 
protected from the tides by artificial dikes. 

A study of pictures in connection with specific lines in the poem: 

" Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand 
Pr6" (line 15). 

See MLo E28. The site of the old French village is now marked 
by old willows, a well and the remains of a few cellars. 

" In the Acadian land on the shores of the Basin of Minas, 
Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre 
Lay in the fruitful valley " (lines 20-22). 
See map, MLo E, and MLo E24. Grand Pre was only one of a 
number of Acadian settlements in the Cornwallis and Gaspereau 
valleys that were destroyed at the time of the deportation of the 
Acadians. It was at Grand Pre, however, that they were finally 
compelled to assemble for removal. 

" Vast meadows stretched to the eastward " (line 22). 
See MLo E24, MLo E26, MLo E28. 

" Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor 

incessant. 
Shut out the turbulent tides " (lines 24-25). 
See MLo E15, MLo E26 and Ee Xs. 

" West and south there were fields of flax, and orchards and 
cornfields " (line 27). 

See MLo E17 and MLo E2. 

" And away to the northward 
Blomidon rose " (lines 28-29). 
See MLo E22 and MLo E24. 



JZ Hs3 .... Flax Wheel with DistafT and Tow. Oneida County Historical 
Society. Utica, N. Y. (191 1) 

" With distaffs spinning the golden 
Flax for the gossiping looms " (lines 40-41). 
A flax wheel is also shown in MLo E5. 

Pf MiA. . . .The Angelus. After painting by Jean Frangois Millet (1814-75). 
Louvre, Paris. (1913) 

The Angelus bell, a summons to prayer, is rung at morning, noon 
and night. See lines 49 and 508. 

MLo E35.. .Evangeline Well and Party of Tourists; Old French Willows; 
Meadows. Grand Pr6, N. S. (191 3) 



Line 90. 



Call no. 
MLo E5. . . .Evangeline, Gabriel Lajeunesse, Basil, the Blacksmith, and Benedict 
Bellefontaine in a Room in Benedict's House. From tableau 
prepared by A. T. Kempton. (About 1903) 

Lines 218, 631. 

JAXP4....The Old Fort at Port Royal (Annapolis): Southern Parapets, 
Magazine, Sally Port and Black Hole of Fort, N. S. (1913) 

Port Royal was captured by New Englanders in 17 10. Both the 
blacksmith and the notary refer to it. vSee lines 249 and 303. 

MLo E55. . .Old Church. Grand Pre, N. S. (1913) 

The church of the Acadians stood near Evangeline well and was 
burned by Winslow's order after the deportation. The chtirch 
shown in this picture, erected in 1804, is probably similar in style 
to the original church and may be used for hues 420-29, 537-41. 

" And with the ebb of the tide the ships sailed out of the 
harbor " (line 664). 
See ML0E22. 

Dg SZ Avenue of Live Oak Trees Draped with Spanish Moss. Bona- 

venture Cemetery near Savannah, Ga. (1913) 

Line 889. 

JGPF Old Swedes Church. Philadelphia. (1911) 

After a long and fruitless search for Gabriel, Evangeline becomes 
a Sister of Mercy, and goes about Philadelphia, performing deeds 
of kindness to the sick and poor. On a Sabbath morn, " wending 
her quiet way, she entered the door of the almshouse " while " across 
the meadows were wafted sounds of psalms that were sung by the 
Swedes in their church at Wicaco." 

This church, built in 1700 on the site of the Wicaco church, is 
now within the city of Philadelphia. 



MLo E9. . . .Evangeline Finds Gabriel Dying in an Almshouse in Philadelphia. 
From tableau prepared by A. T. Kempton. (About 1903) 

Ee Ch3 .... St Anne's Church (Catholic) at Close of Sunday Service, St Mary's 
Bay in Background, Row of Houses on Shore. Church Point, 
Clare District, N. S. (1913) 

Ee Ch5 .... French (Acadian) Women in Odd Dress on Steps of St Anne Church. 
Church Point, Clare District, N. S. (1913) 

The last two pictures may be used to bring out the fact that, 
after the treaty of 1763 between England and France, some of the 
Acadians returned to their loved land. The region around Grand 
Pre being occupied by English people, the Acadians settled in the 
Clare district on the shore of St Mary's bay. 



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" Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic 
Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile 
Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom " 
(lines 1392-94). 

Call no. 
Ee Chy. . . .Woman Spinning a Card of Wool. Church Point, Clare District. 
N. S. (1913) 

Line 1395. 

Hiawatha 
MLo H3 . . . Nokomis and the Little Hiawatha. From Indians in costume, 
Kensington, Ontario, Canada. (About 1903) 

Section III, lines 75-78. 

MLo H34 . . Hiawatha. From poster by EHzabeth Norris. Minneapolis. 
(1913) 

Copyright, 1904, Beard Art & Stationery Co. 

" Then the little Hiawatha 

Learned of every bird its language " (section III). 

J IG22 Hiawatha. From Indian in costume, Kensington, Ontario, Canada. 

(About 1903) 

" Out of childhood into manhood 

Now had grown my Hiawatha ' ' (section IV) . 

J IH2 Minnehaha at the Doorway of Wigwam. From Ojibway Indian 

girl, Kensington, Ontario, Canada. (About 1903) 

Minnehaha, the daughter of the ancient arrow-maker (section 
IV, lines 266-75, section X, lines 106-19). 

MLo H8 . . . Minnehaha Bringing Food to Her Father and Hiawatha. From 
Indians in costume, Kensington, Ontario, Canada. (About 1903) 

Hiawatha has come to woo Minnehaha and is sitting with her 
father before the wigwam (section X, lines 150-54). 

In the Churchyard at Tarrytown 
See MI BZ, Washington Irving's grave, p. 23 

Old St David's at Radnor 
DpRaF....OId St David's Church. Radnor, Pa. (1912) 

Paul Revere' s Ride 
JI ReD . . . .Portrait of Paul Revere. From painting by Gilbert Stuart. Carey 
Library, Lexington, Mass. (191 1) 

JI ReH. . . .Paul Revere House. North Square, Boston, Mass. (191 1) 
J J He Christ, or North, Church. Boston, Mass. (191 1) 



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Call no. 

JJ Hd Paul Revere's Ride. From painting by Robert Reid. State House, 

Boston. (1910) 

JJ H3 Map of British Expedition to Concord. Showing also Paul Revere's 

Route. Prepared by the Division of Visual Instruction. (191 1) 

J J Hh. . . . .Hancock-Clarke House. Lexington, Mass. (191 

It was here that John Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying 
when aroused by the midnight call of Paul Revere. 

The Poet's Tale — Lady Wenlivorth 
Dnh PZ. .. .Went worth Great House. Little Harbor, Portsmouth, N. H. 
(1912) 

It was not tnitil a few days after the poem was finished that 
Longfellow saw the mansion. In his diary, he writes: " Went 
with Fields to Portsmouth to see old houses, ... to Little Harbor to 
see the Wentworth, a quaint, irregular pile of buildings hidden 
from the road by rising ground, though close upon it, with lilac 
hedges, and looking seaward; not unlike my description of it." 
See also Aldrich, An Old Town by the Sea 

Skeleton in Armor 
MLoSk2...The Skeleton in Armor. From lithograph in records of the old 
Fall River Athenaeum, from sketch made by Dr Ruggles about 
1840. Public Library, Fall River, Mass. (1912) 

The skeleton in armor was found in or near Fall River and was 
kept in the Athenaeum until it was destroyed by the burning of 
the building. 

JA BR Round Tower, or Old Stone Mill. Newport, R. L (1911) 

For other pictures relating to the Norsemen in America, see 
Catalog II, part A. 

To the Avon 

Ae SrA View of the River Avon and Holy Trinity Church from Shakspere 

Memorial Building. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng. (1910) 

James Russell Lowell (18 19-91) 

References: *Bacon, p. 340-57; Bolton, p. 156-81; Gilder, p. 229-35; 
Higginson, p. 147-96; Howe, p. 252-64; Howells, p. 212-50; Stedman, 
p. 304-48; Wendell, p. 393-406; *Wolfe, p. 1 10-14 

MLrBC7. . .Portrait, Three-quarters Length, Standing by a Table. _ From 
negative from life in collection of L. C. Handy, Washington. 
(1912) 

MLrBD. . .Portrait, Three-quarter Length, Seated. From painting (1882) by 
Anna Massey Lea Merritt. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 
(1912) 

MLrBD 6.. .Portrait, Head and Shoulders. From negative (1889) from hfe by 
F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. (1912) 



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Call no. 
MLr BL. .. .Elm wood, the Birthplace and Home of Lowell. Cambridge, Mass. 
(1912) 

Beaver Brook 

MLr Be. . . .Beaver Brook, a Favorite Haunt of Lowell. Waverley, about three 
miles west of Cambridge, Mass. (1912) 

The little mill is no longer there but the brook is still picturesque. 

Under the Old Elm 
JJ Lm Washington Elm. Cambridge, Mass. (1911) 

Joaquin Miller (1841-1913) 
(real name Cincinnatus Heine Miller) 
References: Halsey, p. 145-56; Vedder, p. 301-13 

MMh BD2 . Portrait. From negative from life. Rockwood Studio, New York. 
(1914) 

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) 

References: Howe, p. 76-98; *Mitchell, p. 373-400; Stedman, 
p. 225-72; Wendell, p. 204-18; Wolfe, p. 104-28 

MPo BD. . .Portrait. From a daguerreotype. Library of Brown University, 
Providence, R. I. (191 1) 

MPo BH... The Allan Mansion — Home of Poe's Foster Parents, Richmond, 
Va. From photographic print. (19 12) 

James Whitcomh Riley (1853-19 16) 

MRi BD . . . Portrait, Seated Figure, Nearly to the Knees. From negative 
from life. Rockwood Studio, New York. (1914) 

John Godfrey Saxe (1816-87) 

MSc BD. . .Portrait, Half Length, Seated Figure. From print in collection of 
A-Ir F. H. Meserve, New York, from Brady negative 

Samuel Francis Smith (1808-95) 
MSm BD.. .Portrait. From painting. Memorial Hall, Cambridge, Mass. 

MSmBI. . .House where America was written. Andover, Mass. (1912) 

Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) 

References: Bolton, p. 232-57; Gilder, p. 275-90; Halsey, 
p. 159-72; Vedder, p. 3-26 

MSt BD.. . .Portrait. From negative (1891) from life by P. Gutekunst, Phila- 
delphia. (1912) 



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(James) Bayard Taylor (1825-78) 
References: Howells, p. 3-5; Stedman, p. 396-434; Wendell, 
P- 455-58 

Call no. 
MTc BD . . .Portrait, Head and Shoulders, Face Turned Somewhat to the Right. 
From negative from hfe in collection of L. C. Handy, Washington. 
(1912) 

MTc BD7. . .Portrait, Head and Shoulders, Right Side of Face, Nearly Profile. 
From negative (1878) from life by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. 
(1912) 

These two portraits were made some years apart. 

Walt(er) Whitman (1819-92) 

References: Gilder, p. 335-42; Howe, p. 222-41; Stedman, 
p. 349-95; Wendell, p. 465-79; Wolfe, p. 143-47; *Wolfe, p. 201-17 

MWi BD7. .Portrait. From painting (1889) by John W. Alexander. Metro- 
poHtan Museum of Art, New York. (1913) 

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92) 

References: *Bacon, p. 35-64; Fields, p. 265-334; Gilder, p. 345- 
54; Howe, p. 242-52; *Mitchell, p. 305-22; Stearns, p. 253-76; 
Stedman, p. 95-132; Wendell, p. 358-69; *Wolfe, p. 122-27 

MWk BD5 . Portrait, Full Face. From painting by I. H. Caliga. Whittier's 
homestead. East Haverhill, Mass. (1912) 

MWk BH .. Birthplace and Home; Old Well-sweep; Stone-wall; Barn. East 
Haverhill, Mass. (1912) 

Whittier lived here until 30 years of age. Scene of Snow Bound. 
See also Telling the Bees and The Barefoot Boy. 

MWk BI. . .Whittier's Home (1838-92). Amesbury, Mass. (1912) 

The house was considerably smaller than this during the first 
years of Whittier's occupancy but he enlarged it as he became 
more prosperous. 

MWk BJ. . .Whittier's Study, or Garden Room: His Desk and Chair; Portrait 
of His Mother (over mantel). Amesbury, Mass. (1913) 

MWk BK . . Oak Knoll. Danvers, Mass. (1912) 

In his later years Whittier spent considerable time with relatives 
at Oak Knoll. His study was on the lower floor at the right of the 
main entrance of the house. 

MWk BM .. Quaker Meetinghouse Where Whittier Attended Service. Ames- 
bury, Mass. (1912) 

MWk BM2. Interior of Quaker Meetinghouse. Amesbury, Mass. (1912) 

Whittier's pew was the fsecond from the front in the first row on 
the other side of the partition. 



14 

Broivn of Ossaivatomie 
Call no. 

JL BsX. . . .Last Moments of John Brown. From painting by Thomas Hoven- 
den (1840-95). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (1913) 

Kenoza Lake 

MWk Ke . . . Lake Kenoza . East Haverhill , Mass . ( 1 9 1 2 ) 

This was the " Great Pond " in Whittier's bo^'hood. The name 
Kenoza in Indian language signifies pickerel. 

To Faneuil Hall 
Jim BG2 . . . Faneuil Hall from South Market -Street. Boston. (1911) 

Skipper Ireson's Ride 

MWk Sk7.. Skipper Ireson's Ride. From painting by Will H. Low, owned by 
Mrs John Boyd Thacher. Albany Institute, Historical and Art 
Society, Albany, N. Y. (1913) 

Captain Ireson, charged with abandoning a disabled vessel " with 
his own town's people on her deck," was, so the story goes, " tarred 
and feathered and carried in a cart by the women of Marblehead." 
The painting illustrates the last verse of the poem. 

Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-67) 

References: *Bacon, p. 143-53 ; Howe, p. 99-1 13 ; Ingersoll, p. 120 ; 
*Mitchell, p. 95-114; Stedman, p. 41-42; Wendell, p. 222-30 

MWn BD. .Portrait. From painting by Chester Harding (1792-1866). Phillips 
Academy, Andover, Mass. (1912) 

Novelists and story writers 

Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) 

References: *Bacon, p. 267-68, 387-402; Stearns, ' p. 69-88; 
*Wolfe, p. 21, 54-55, 58 

The Alcotts lived from 1845-52 in the " Hillside," which after- 
ward became the " Wayside " of Hawthorne; see MHd BP, p. 20 

For portrait of her father, A. Bronson Alcott, see MAi BD, p. 30 

MAj BI. . . .The Orchard House of the Alcott Family. Concord, Mass. (1911) 

Home of the Alcotts for twenty years. " Beth " died just before 
they moved into this house. Here the Concord School of Philosophy 
was organized. 

For home of the Alcott family, earlier the Main Street home of 
Thoreau, see MTi BL, p. 24 

MAj BL. .. .Home of Louisa May Alcott (right-hand doorway). 10 Louisburg 
square, Boston. (1912) 

Her Boston home from 1885; here her father died in 188S. On 
the day of his funeral Louisa died at the home of her physician in 
Roxbury. 



15 

Call no. 
MAj BY.. . .The Alcott Burial Lot; Grave of Henry David Thoreau (extreme 
left). Sleepy Hollow Cemetery'-, Concord, Mass. (191 1 ) 

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) 

References: *Bacon, p. 93-96; 254-57 et passim; Bolton, p. 286- 
308; Gilder, p. 3-16; Halsey, p. 91-98; Vedder, p. 104-23 

MAI BD Portrait. From painting by Alfred Houghton Clark, owned by Mrs 

T. B. Aldrich, Boston. (1912) 

MAIBH. . .The |' Nutter House," Birthplace and Boyhood Home of Thomas 
Bailey Aldrich, Portsmouth, N. H. (1912) 

See Story of a Bad Boy. 

MAI BL .... Home of Aldrich (middle doorway). 84 Pinckney street, Boston. 
(1912) 

First Boston home after his marriage. Story of a Bad Boy com- 
pleted here. 

George Washington Cable (1844- ) 

References: *Bacon, p. 443-45 ; Bolton, p. 345-64; Gilder, p. 51-72 ; 
Halsey, p. 137-42; Vedder, p. 261-74 

MCb BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1908) from life by Pach Bros., New York. 
(1912) 

fames Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) 

References: Howe, p. 29-51; Ingersoll, p. 42; Mitchell, p. 225-51; 
Wendell, p. 181-91; Wolfe, p. 154-73 

MCo BD. . .Portrait, to the waist. From negative from life in collection of Mr 
L. C. Handy, Washington. (1912) 

Dn CpA. . . .Panorama from Prospect Rock: Portion of Otsego Lake, Coopers- 
town and Territory South and West. N. Y. (191 1) 

In 1786 William Cooper, the father of James, chose the site of 
the village which now bears his name and in 1790 brought his family 
there. His first view of the lake and village is the one described by 
Judge Temple in The Pioneers, chapter 21. The village at that 
time contained only a few houses and was surrounded by an extensive 
primeval forest. The boyhood of Cooper, spent on the frontier of 
civilization, furnished him material for some of his books. 

MCo BO. . .Otsego Hall, Home of James Fenimore Cooper from 1834-51. 
From water color drawing. Cooper collection. Young Men's 
Club and Village Library, Cooperstown, N. Y. (191 1) 

Built in 1798 by William Cooper; destroyed by fire in 1853; the 
mansion of Judge Temple, but externally quite unlike the descrip- 
tion given in The Pioneers, chapter 3. 



16 

Call no. 
MCo BY. . .Christ Church, Burying Ground and Graves (sarcophagi in center 
foreground) of James Fenimore Cooper and His Wife. Coopers- 
town, N. Y. (191 1) 

MCo BZ2... Cooper Park; Indian Hunter Statue by J. Q. A. Ward, on Site of 
Otsego Hall. Cooperstown, N. Y. (1911) 

MCo BZ22.. Near View of Indian Hunter Statue by J. Q. A. Ward. Cooper 
Park, Cooperstown, N. Y. (191 6) 

MCo BZ3.. .James Fenimore Cooper Monument with Leather-Stocking Statue- 
By Edward Eberhard Launitz. Lakewood Cemetery, near 
Cooperstown, N. Y. (191 1) 

Monument of white Italian marble on a granite base; shaft about 
25 feet high. 

Leather-Stocking Tales 

J I2 Map Showing Distribution of Indian FamiHes and Tribes in the 

United States. Based on map of J. W. Powell in Bulletin 30, 
Bureau of American Ethnology. (1910) 

J Is Map of the Five Nations and Other New York Indians. Prepared 

by the Visual Instruction Division. (191 1) 

JH F3 Map of Location of Forts and Portages. Prepared by the Visual 

Instruction Division. (1910) 

MCo L3 Map of Otsego Lake, with Places Connected with Scenes of The 

Deerslayer and The Pioneers. Prepared by the Visual Instruction 
Division. (1913) 

Otsego Lake is the scene of both The Pioneers and The Deerslayer. 

Note that the shoal on which Mutter's castle was built is a little 
farther north than is stated in The Deerslayer, chapter 2, "the 
precise position being distant about two miles from the northern 
end of the sheet." 

The burial place of the Hutter family was on the northern end 
of the shoal (chapters 21 and 32). 

Rat Cove, offering a good cover for the ark, was much frequented 
by Hutter ; here Hurry made a fruitless attempt on the life of a deer 
(chapter 3); Hiury Harry and Hutter were taken prisoners by the 
Indians encamped near Rat Cove (chapter 6). 

The point on which the empty canoe drifted and where Deer- 
slayer killed his first warrior was nearly diagonally opposite to the 
Indian encampment (chapter 7). 

Hetty, visiting the Indians in an endeavor to save her father and 
Hurry, landed at Three Mile Point (chapter 10); this point was 
chosen by Wah-ta-wah as the place of rendezvous with Chingachgook 
(chapter 13); the Indians suddenly moved their camp to this place 
(chapter 15); story of Wah-ta-wah's rescue and Deerslayer's capture 
(chapters 16 and 17). 

The Indians moved their camp to the vicinity of Five Mile Point 
(chapter 27), " the point where the Hurons were now encamped, 
nearly abreast of the castle " (see note above relative to position 
of castle); near Five Mile Point Deerslayer is rescued from the 
Indians and Hetty loses her life (chapters 29-31). 



IT 

The road referred to in the opening scene of The Pioneers is above 
Lakewood cemetery. Judge Temple describes his first view of the 
lake from the mountain which he called Mount Vision — "for the 
sight that there met mine eyes seemed to me as the deceptions of 
a dream. . . not an opening was to be seen in the boundless 
forest, except where the lake lay, like a mirror of glass" {The 
Pioneers, chapter 21). The place where Leather-Stocking shot the 
panther, thus saving the life of Elizabeth and of her companion, 
Miss Grant, is near Lakewood cemetery {The Pioneers, chapter 28). 
EHzabeth in fulfilling her promise to Leather-Stocking is caught 
in the forest fire on Mount Vision {The Pioneers, chapters 36-38). 
Leather-Stocking cave where Chingachgook died {The Pioneers, 
chapter 38). 

Call no. 

Dn Ov6 Panorama of Upper Part of Otsego Lake from an Elevation about 

Half a Mile North of Mutter's Point: Wellington Mount (.Sleep- 
ing Lion), Hyde Bay, Site of Sunken Island, N. Y. (1913) 

See Cooper's descriptions of the lake particularly in chapters 2 
and 9 of The Deerslayer. This and the other views of the lake — 
Dn CpA, Dn Ov2 and Dn OV3 — show exceedingly well the character 
of the shores of the lake; high hills sometimes rising from the water's 
edge, sometimes forming a distant background; many portions still 
thickly wooded; others showing the destructive effects of the hand 
of man to the dense forests ; irregular shore line. 

Dn Ov2. . . .Panorama of Otsego Lake Looking North; Council Rock, Prospect 
Rock, Kingfisher Tower in Distance on Right. Near Coopers- 
town, N. Y. (1911) 

Dn OV3. . . .Outlet of Otsego Lake and Council Rock; Marker Showing Site of 
General Clinton's Dam. Cooperstown, N. Y. (191 1) 

Chingachgook and Deerslayer planned to meet " at a small round 
rock, near the foot of the lake, where . . . the tribes are given 
to resorting to make their treaties and to bury their hatchets." 
See The Deerslayer, chapters i and 9. Deerslayer and Hurry Harry 
when looking for the outlet remark upon the difficulty of finding it 
on account of the high, steep banks and the trees that hang over it 
(chapter 3). 

DnGlY Cooper Cave. Glens Falls, N. Y. (1912J 

The cave in which Cora, Alice and their protectors took refuge 
{The Last of the Mohicans, chapters 5-10). 

JH Fg4 .... Bloody Pond, Looking Northeast; French Mountain. Near the 
head of Lake George, N. Y. (191 1) 

Heyward and party passed Bloody Pond on the way to William 
Henry {The Last oj the Mohicans, chapter 14). 



18 

Call no. 
Dn Ggg .... Panorama Southeast from Prospect Mountain: Head of Lake 
George, Lake George Village, French Mountain, Valley on Either 
Side, Glen Lake, Glens Falls, N. Y. (191 1) 

The country, then a wilderness, through which Heyward and 
companions guided by Hawkeye made their perilous journey. 

JH Fh3. . . .Plan of Attack on Fort WilHam Henry, N. Y. in 1757. After early 
map. (1910) 

JH Fh8. . . .Surrender of Fort WilUam Henry, 1757. From painting by J. L. G. 
Ferris. Glens Falls Insurance Co., Glens Falls, N. Y. (191 1) 

For story of Munro's surrender and of the " Massacre of William 
Henry," see chapters 15-17 of The Last of the Mohicans. This 
picture represents Montcalm restraining an Indian. 

Dn Gg3. . . .Panorama North from Shelving Rock Showing Lake George from 
the Narrows nearly to the Outlet, N. Y. (1913) 

Cooper draws an exciting picture of a race for life through the 
islands of the Narrows {The Last of the Mohicans, chapter 20). 

The Spy, a Tale of the Neutral Ground 

In 181 1 Cooper married at Mamaroneck, N. Y., a Miss De Lancey, 
whose family had been on the Loyalist side during the Revolution. 
The De Lanceys lived at Heathcote Hill Farm and for about a 
year and a half after his marriage Cooper lived with them, his later 
homes in Westchester county being " Closet Hall " and " Angevine 
Farm," (see map, M 5, p. 5). While living here he became familiar 
with the stories connected with the " neutral ground " of the 
Revolution. 

JK Ot2 .... Monument to the Captors of Major John Andre (John Paulding, 
David WiUiams and Isaac Van Wart). Tarrytown, N. Y. (191 1) 

The capture and death of Andre at Tarrytown, occurring shortly 
before the time of The Spy, increased the fear of the family of Harry 
Wharton of a similar fate for him. 

Dn HvFs. . .The Wharton House. Near Fishkill village. (19 13) 

Commonly associated with The Spy. It does not, however, cor- 
respond to Cooper's description of the Wharton house, which makes 
it of stone with wings and a long veranda. 

Richard Harding Davis (1864-19 16) 

Reference: Wolfe, p. 41, 60. 

MDd BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1907) from life by Pach Bros., New York. 
(1912) 



19 

Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) 

References: *Bacon, p. 290-93; Gilder, p. 99-109; Vedder, p. 230- 
47; *Wolfe, p. 100-2 

Call no. 
MHa BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1899) from life by F. Gutekuiist, Phila- 
delphia. (1912) 

MHa BL. . .Home. Highland street, Roxbury, Mass. (1912} 

Francis Bret Hartc (1839-1902) 
Reference: Vedder, p. 212-29 

John Bums of Gettysburg 

JN BrC. . . .John Burns (1793-1872). From stereograph published by Taylor 
& Huntington in collection of Mr F. H. Meserve, New York. 
(1913) 

John Burns, a citizen, shouldered his rifle and fought with the 
150th Pennsylvania regiment at the battle of Gettysburg. He was 
wounded three times. 

JN BrD. . . .John Burns on the Stoop of His Cottage, Gettysburg, Pa. From 
negative in Brady collection. Army War College, Washington. 
(1912) 

JP G2 Gettysburg Battlefield: Stone Avenue Looking Northeast toward 

Chambersburg Pike, John Burns Statue, McPherson Barn, 
Buford Monument and Reynolds Equestrian Statue in Distance. 
Pa. (1912) 

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) 

References: *Bacon, p. 163-66, 200-14, 397- 402-7, 410-14; Bolton, 
p. 104-32; Howe, p. 200-21; *Mitchell, p. 202-71; Stearns* p. 29-68; 
Swift, p. 164-74; Wendell, p. 425-35; *Wolfe, p. 28-39, 59-67, 75-77, 
128-38, 155-98 

MHd BD. . .Portrait. From negative from life in collection of Mr L. C. Handy, 
Washington. (19 12) 

MHd BD3.. Portrait. From painting by H. Frances Osborne. Essex Institute, 
Salem, Mass. (1912) 

MHd BH. .. Birthplace. 27 Union street, Salem, Mass. (191 1) 

MHdBI. . .Herbert Street House. Salem, Mass. (191 1) 

After the death of Hawthorne's father, his mother moved into 
this house which is in the rear of the birthplace. It is now a tenement 
house. 

The Old Manse, Concord, Mass., MEm BI, p. 23 where the first 
three years of Hawthorne's married life were spent and Mosses 
from an Old Manse was written. 



20 

Call no. 

MHd BL. . .Chestnut Street House (no. i8). Salem, Mass. (191 1) 

Hawthorne lived here for about 16 months while serving at the 
customs house. 

MHd BM. .Mall Street House (no. 14), Salem, Mass. (191 1) 

The " study " was the front room in the third story next the street. 
Here Hawthorne wrote The Snow Image and The Scarlet Letter. 

MHd Sc2.. .Customs House. Salem, Mass. (191 1) 

Hawthorne as surveyor of customs had an office in this building. 
See introductory chapter in The Scarlet Letter. 

MHd BP. . .The Wayside, Formerly the Hillside of the Alcott Family. Concord, 
Mass. (191 3) 

Hawthorne was buried on Ridge path in Sleepy Hollow cemetery, 
Concord, and the hedge surrounding the Hawthorne burial lot is 
shown in the picture of the graves of the Alcott family, MAj BY, p. 1 5. 

Dr Grimsliawe's Secret 

MHd D2 . . . Peabody, or " Dr Grimshawe " House; Corner of the Old Burial 
Ground. 53 Charter street, Salem, Mass. (191 1) 

Home of Sophia Peabody, Hawthorne's wife, house and graveyard, 
the scene of the first ten chapters of Doctor Grimshawe's Secret. 
Here lived the grim doctor and the two beautiful children, Ned and 
Elsie; here in the study overrun with spiders, the doctor made an 
extract of cobwebs claimed to have wonderful curative power; 
and in the graveyard the children, cheerful and fearless, were in 
the habit of playing. 

MHd D22 .. Charter Street Burying Ground. Salem, Mass. (191 1) 

See note above; also Hawthorne's description of a visit to this 
place in American Note Books, v. i. p. no. 

Ae WeC Lord Leycester Hospital (on right). West Gate. High street, 

Warwick, Eng. (1910) 

AeWeH2..Lord Leycester Hospital; Court, or Quadrangle, Master's House 
(left), Brethren's Quarters. Warwick, Eng. (1910) 

This is the original of the hospital which figures in Dr Grimshawe s 
Secret, see chapters 3, 13, 14, 15. Described also in Our Old Home. 

The Great Stone Face 

MHdGr2..The Old Man of the Mountain. Near Profile House, Franconia 
Notch, N. H. (1912) 



21 

Legends of the Province House 
Call no. 

JE GP Old Province House, Boston. From woodcut. Athenaeum 

collection, Boston. (1909) 

A Rill from the Town Pump 

JE FS4 .... The Town Pump and the Roger Williams House, Corner Essex and 
Washington streets, Salem, Mass. After negative made 1856. 
(1911) 

Note lamp-post and the fragments of notices, " I perform some 
of the duties of the town clerk by promulgating public notices, when 
they are posted on my front " ; " I hold a lantern over my head both 
to show where I am, and keep people out of the gutters." The pump 
is no longer in existence. 

William Dean Howells (1837- ) 

References: *Bacon, p. 264; Bolton, p. 258-85; Gilder, p. 195-209; 
Halsey, p. 99-109; Vedder, p. 43-68; * Wolfe, p. 47. 

MHs BC. . .Portrait. From negative from life. (1914) 

MHsBL...Home (middle doorway). 4 Louisburg square, Boston, Mass. 
(1912) 

Howells lived here in the late seventies. 



Sarah Orne Jewett (i 849-1 909) 
Reference: *Bacon, p. 128-32 

MJi BH Home. South Berwick, Maine. (1912) 

Dr S. Weir Mitchell (182 9-1 9 14) 

MMj BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1887) from life by F. Gutekunst, Phila- 
delphia. (191 2) 

Thomas Nelson Page (1853- ) 

Reference: Halsey, p. 175-86. 

MPc BD. . .Portrait. From negative (191 1) from Hfe by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

Ernest Thompson Seton (i860- ) 

Reference: Halsey. p. 281-92. 

MSe BD .. .Portrait. From negative (191 1) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (19 1 2) 



^2 

Harriet (Prestcott) Spofford (1835- ) 
Reference: *Bacon, p. 65-70 

Call no. 
MSq BI. . . .Home on Deer Island; Part of Chain Bridge. Near Newburyport, 
Mass. (1912) 

Harriet {Beecher) Stowe (181 1-96) 

References: *Bacon, p. 17-21, 158-60, 478-80; Fields, p. 159-226; 
Wendell, p. 352-56; Wolfe, p. 200-3 

MSw BD. . .Portrait. From painting by Alanson Fisher. Rhode Island His- 
torical Society, Providence, R. I. (191 1) 

MSw BI. ... Home of Harriet (Beecher) Stowe from 1852-63, Now the Phillips 
Inn. Andover, Mass. (1912) 

John Townsend Trowbridge (182 7-1 9 16) 
Reference: *Bacon, p. 357-61 

MTr BI Home. Ariington, Mass. (1912) 

Lew{is) Wallace (1827-1905) 

JN WcD. . .Portrait. From negative from life in Brady collection. Army War 
College, Washington. (1912) 

Elizabeth Stuart {Phelps) Ward ( 1844-19 11) 
References: *Bacon, p. 10-17; Vedder, p. 187-200 

MWd BH. .Birthplace and Home. Andover, Mass. (1912) 

This was the home of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps until the time of 
her marriage. Here were written Hedged In and The Gates Ajar, 

Essayists 

John Burroughs (1837- ) 

References: Gilder, p. 41-48; Halsey, p. 29-43; Ingersoll, p. 138, 
139-140 

MBu BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1904) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

MBu BD2.. John Burroughs and Grandchild at vSlabsides. Near West Park, 
N.Y. (1903) 

" Slabsides," a log hut to which Burroughs frequently retreats dur- 
ing the summer, is by the roadway about a mile and a half from 
Riverby. 



23 

Call no. 
MBu BL . . . Riverby, Burronghs's Home. West bank of the Hudson near West 
Park, N. Y. (19 13) 

This shows the rear, or riverside, of the house. See map, M 5, p. 5 

MBu BL3. .Exterior of Burroiighs's vStudy; the Hudson in the Distance. Near 
West Park, N. Y. (1913) 

The study is a short distance from the house atid commands a fine 
view of the Hudson. 

MBu BL4 . . Interior of Burroughs's Study. (1910) 

' ' In this cozy retreat have been penned some of the sweetest of our 
author's essays on outdoor themes and some of the most effective 
of his critical articles." — - Halsey. 

George William Curtis (1824-92) 

References: Gilder, p. 75-82; Swift, p. 85-94 

MCuBD. . .Portrait. From negative (1889) from life by F. Gutekunst, Phila- 
delphia. (1912) 

Member of Brook Farm Community. A short time before his 
death he became Chancellor of the University of the State of New 
York. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82) 

References: *Bacon. p. 378-87, 407-10 et passim; Bolton, p. 1-27; 
Fields, p. 67-106; Howe, p. 176-99; Howells, p. ^0-64; *Mitchell, 
p. 135-53; 191-99; Stearns, p. 89-116; Stedman, p. 133-79; Swift, 
p. 229-33; Wendell, p. 311-27; *Wolfe passim 

MEm BD. . .Portrait. From negative from life in collection of Mr F. H. Meservc, 
New York. (19 13) 

MEm BD7. . Portrait. From negative (1874) from life by F. Gutekunst, Phila- 
delphia. (191 2) 

MEm BI. . .The Old Manse. Concord, Mass. (191 1) 

Built for Emerson's grandfather, William Emerson, in 1765. 
Here Emerson spent part of his early hfe and wrote Nature. 

MEm BL . . . Emerson House. Junction of Cambridge Turnpike and Lexington 
Road, Concord, Mass. (1911) 

MEm BY. .. Grave of Emerson. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.' 
(1911) 

Concord Hymn 

JJ Hr Battle Monument, Concord Bridge and Minute Man Statue. 

Concord, Mass. (191 1) 

Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-81) 

Reference: *Bacon, p. 425-28; Wendell, p. 459-61 

MHn BD. . . Portrait. From negative from life in collection of Mr F. H. Meserve, 
New York. (1913) 



24 

Call no. 
MHn BH.. ." Bonny Castle," Home of J. G. Holland. Alexandria Bay, N. Y., 
(1914) 

The place is a part of the mainland jutting out into the St Law- 
rence and commanding a view of several of the most prominent of 
the Thousand Islands. 

{James) Brander Matthews (1852- ) 
Reference: Wolfe, p. 75, 76 

MMc BD. .. Portrait. From negative (1906) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) 

References: *Bacon, p. 371-75; Howells, p. 57-60; *Mitchell, 
p. 271-82; Wendell, p. 332-37; *Wolfe, p. 20-24; 68-74 

MTiBL....The "Main Street" House of Henry David Thoreau and Later 
of the Alcott Family. Concord, Mass. (191 1) 

The last twelve years of Thoreau's life were spent here. 

MTi"W2. . .Thoreau Cairn and Walden Pond. Near Concord, Mass. (191 1) 

The cairn marks the site of the " hermitage " where Thoreau 
lived for about two years and a half. Walden is a record of his life 
here. 

MTi "W3 ... Thoreau Cove, Walden Pond. Near Concord, Mass. (191 1) 
For grave of Thoreau, see Alcott Burial Lot, MAj BY, p. 15. 

Humorists 

John Kendrick Bangs (1862- ) 
Reference: Halsey, p. 259-68 

MBc BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1907) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

Robert Jones Burdette (184 4- 191 4) 

MBr BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1908) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1908-94) 

References: *Bacon, p. 198-99, 279-88; Bolton, p. 133-55; Fields, 
p. 109-55; Gilder, p. 165-79; Higginson, p. 75-108; Howe, p. 271-76; 



25 



Howells, p. 146-78; *Mitchell, p. 332-54; Stedman, p. 273-301: 
Wendell, d. 4.07-24. 



Wendell, p. 407-24 



Call no. 

MHo BD. . .Portrait, Half-length Figure, Full Face. From negative from life in 
collection of Mr F. H. Meserve, New York. (1913) 

MHo BD5. . Portrait, Head and Shoulders. From negative from life by Pach 
Bros., New York. (1912) 

MHo BD7. . Portrait. From painting (1883) by John W. Alexander. Harvard 
Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (1912) 

MHo BH. .. Birthplace, Cambridge, Mass., (now demolished). From photo- 
graphic print in Harvard University Library. (1912) 

MHo BL. . .Summer Home. Beverly Farms, Mass. (1912) 

Holmes spent the summers here for many years during the later 
part of his life. 

Agnes 

MHo Bg3 . . Well of the Fountain Inn, the Tavern Where the Romance of Sir 
Harry Frankland and Agnes Surriage Began; the Harbor. Marble- 
head, Mass. (19 1 2) 

The story of Sir Harry and Agnes has also been told in an interest- 
ing historical novel by E. L. Bynner. 

A Ballad of the Boston Tea Parly 

J J Dp Boston Tea Party. From painting by Robert Reid. State House, 

Boston, (191 1 ) 

Old Ironsides 

JM Fc The U. S. Frigate Constitution, or " Old Ironsides." From painting 

by Marshall Johnson . ( 1 9 1 2 ) 

Courtesy of ths Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston 

Old Ironsides was condemned by the Navy Department as unfit 
for service and was to have been broken up. Protests having been 
made by the public-spirited citizens, of whom Holmes was one, the 
ship was saved. Old Ironsides was written at this time and appeared 
in the Boston Daily Advertiser September 16, 1830. 

The painting represents Old Ironsides making for Marblehead 
Harbor, pursued by EngHsh frigates. 

JM Fc2 . . . . Deck of the Frigate Constitution; Masts, Rigging, Guns. Navy 
Yard, Boston. (191 1) 

Poem for the Dedication of the Fountain at Slratford-on-Avon 

Ae SrE2.. . .Fountain and Clock Tower, Rother • Square. Stratford-on-Avon, 
Eng. (1910) 

Under the Washington Elm, Cambridge 
For Washington Elm, see J J Lm, p. 12 



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Washington Irving (1783-1859) 

References: Bolton, p. 58-81; Howe, p. 1-27; Ingersoll, p. 49-55; 
Mitchell, p. 300-30; Wendell, p. 169-80; Wolfe, p. 174-92 

Call no. 

MI BE Bust. Made from life by Ball Hughes. Washington Irving High 

School, Tarrytown, N. Y. (191 1) 

MI BL " Sunnyside," the Home of Irving, View from the South. Near 

Irvington, N. Y. (191 1) 

In 1835 Irving bought a piece of land, about ten acres, on the 
Hudson river (see map, M 5). On it was a little stone cottage 
which he rebuilt and enlarged into " Sunnyside," the " little old- 
fashioned mansion, all made up of gable-ends, as full of angles and 
corners as an old cocked hat." 

MI BW .... Desk from Old vSleepy Hollow Schoolhouse ; Frequently Used by 
Washington Irving When Writing His Works. Washington 
Irving High School, Tarrytown, N. Y. (191 1) 

MI BZ Graves of Washington Irving and Other Members of the Irving 

Family. vSleepy Hollow cemetery, Tarrytown, N. Y. (191 1) 

About six years before his death, Washington Irving bought a 
piece of ground in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery and had brought 
there and interred the remains of some of his family. A space was 
left at his mother's side for himself. 

Knickerbocker's History of New York 

JD Be Henry Hudson Entering New York Bay, September 11, 1609. 

From painting by Edward Moran. New National Museum, 
Washington 

Copyright, 1899, Edward Moran 

Book 2, chapter i. 

JD Bh Reproduction of the Half Moon. In Hudson-Fulton naval parade, 

Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. (1909) 

Book 2, chapter i. 

JD NAi . . . .View of New Amsterdam about 1630. From Hartger's Beschrijvingh 
van Virginia. (191 1) 

This and the following view show the fort with " a progeny of 
little Dutch -built houses " (book 2, chapter 8). 

JD NA2. . . .View of the Fort at New Amsterdam Showing also Features of the 
City. From painting by Edward L. Henry. Title Guarantee 
and Trust Co., New York. (191 1) 

Dn Hu2. . . .Barren Island, Hudson River, N. Y. (1909) 

Barren (Beern) island marked on the river the southern boundary 
of the Van Rensselaer manor. 



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According to the Knickerbocker history " the patroon of Ren- 
sellaerwick had extended his usurpations along the river, beyond 
the Hmits granted him by their High Mightiness; and that he had 
even seized upon a rocky island in the Hudson, commonly known 
by the name of Beern or Bear's Island " (book 3, chapter 5). 

Kilian Van Rensselaer at one time mounted a cannon on the 
island and attempted to collect toll of vessels about to pass within 
the limits of his domain (book 4, chapter 10). 

Call no. 

JD Dw Edict of William the Testy. From painting by George H. Boughton. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (1913) 

William Kieft's edict prohibiting the smoking of tobacco in New 
Netherlands caused a great commotion. In the picture a large 
number of men smoking vehemently and with a supply of pipes and 
tobacco at hand are seated before Kieft's house. The testy William 
standing on the doorstep is " demanding the reason of the lawless 
fumigation " (book 4, chapter 8). 

JD ED Portrait of Peter Stuyvesant. From painting. New York His- 
torical Society, New York. (191 1 ) 

" Peter Stuyvesant was the last and the best of our ancient Dutch 
governors " (book 5, chapter i). 

JD Ef Wrath of Peter Stuyvesant. After painting by Asher Brown Durand. 

New York Historical .Society, New York. (1910) 

Dirk Schuiler has brought the news of the capture of Fort Casimir. 
" On receiving these direful tidings, the valiant Peter started from 
his seat — dashed the pipe he was smoking against the back of the 
chimney — thrust a prodigious quid of tobacco into his left cheek — 
pulled up his galligaskins and strode up and down the room, humming 
as was customary with him when in a passion, a hideous north-west 
ditty " (book 6, chapter 3). 

Dn Hu8 .... Southern Gateway of the Highlands of the Hudson: Dunderberg 
(on the left). Bear Mountain (in the distance). Peekskill, N. Y. 
(1912) 

Dn HU67. . .Panorama of the Highlands from South Beacon Mountain: Hudson 
River at Cornwall, West Point and Peekskill; Crow's Nest, 
Storm King and Schunemunk Mountains (west side of the Hud- 
son); Bull Hill (Mt Taurus) and Breakneck Ridge (east side of 
the Hudson). Near Fiskhill-on-Hudson, N. Y. (1913) 

See description of the Highlands, book 6, chapter 4. 

JD Es Surrender of New Amsterdam by the Dutch to the English in Front 

of Peter Stuyvesant's Residence. From painting by E. L. Henry. 
Title Guarantee and Trust Co., New York. (191 1) 

Observe that in Knickerbocker's History Stuyvesant was in 
the garret window at the time of surrender. This picture repre- 
sents him in front of his house (book 7, chapter 11). For additional 
views of New Amsterdam and old New York, see Catalog 2, Part A. 



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The Sketch Book — Legend of Sleepy Holloiv 
Call no. 

MI SI3 The Katrina van Tassel House, Tarrytown, N. Y. From a water 

color drawing on a panel of a door taken from the original house. 
Washington Irving High School, Tarrytown, N. Y. (1910) 

The Sketch Book — Stratford-on-Avon 

Ae SrR. ..." Red Horse " Hotel Where Washington Irving Wrote His Paper, 
Stratford-on-Avon. Bridge street, Stratford-on-Avon, Eng. (1910) 

See also titles of views in Stratford-on-Avon given in List 14, 
Shakspere, His Life and Works. 

Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910) 

References: *Bacon, p. 474-78 ; Bolton, p. 365-86 ; Gilder, p. 63-72 ; 
Vedder, p. 124-40 

MTw BC5. .Portrait. From negative from life in collection of Mr L. C. Handy, 
Washington. (19 12) 

This negative was made about the same time as the following 
one, probably in the sixties. 

MTw BC7. .Portraits of Mark Twain, George Alfred Townsend (journalist, 184 1- 
1914) and David Gray (poet and journalist, 1836-88). From 
negative from life in collection of Mr L. C. Handy, Washington. 
(1912) 

Full figures, seated. 

MTw BC9. .Portrait. Profile. From negative from life. Rockwood Studio, 
New York. (19 14) 

Mark Twain's daughter likes this portrait of her father the best. 

MTw BD.. .Portrait, Seated Figure, Nearly Full Length. From negative (1906) 
from life by Pach Bros., New York. (191 2) 

Artemus Ward, pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne (1834-67) 

References: *Bacon, p. 170-72; Howe, p. 163-71; Wendell, 
p. 511-12 

MWc BD. . . Portrait. From negative from life in collection of Mr F. H. Meserve, 
New York. (1913) 

Orators and statesmen 

Henry Clay (177 7-1852) 

JL CIC Portrait. After crayon, from negative in collection of Mr L. C- 

Handy, Washington. (19 12) 

JL CID Portrait. From painting (1843) by Samuel F. B. Morse. Metro- 
politan Museum of Art, New York. (1913) 



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Call no. 

JL CIF Portrait of Himself and Wife. From negative from life in collection 

of Mr F. H. Meserve, New York. (1913) 

Edward Everett (1794-1865) 
Reference: Wendell, p. 253-57 

MEv BD . . . Portrait. From negative from life in collection of Mr F. H. Meserve, 
New York. (19 13) 

William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) 
References: *Bacon, p. 79-83; Wendell, p. 342-43 

JL GcC Portraits of Wendell PhiUips (181 1-84), William Lloyd Garrison 
and George Thompson (1804-78). After daguerreotype, about 
1 851, Public I/ibrary of the City of Boston, (1912) 

JL GcD Portrait of Garrison, Full Face. From negative from life in col- 
lection of Mr L. C. Handy, Washington. (1912) 

TL GcD2 Portrait of Garrison, Face Turned Slightly to the Right. From 
negative (1878) from life by F. Gutekunst. Philadelphia. (1912) 

JL GcE Statue of Garrison. 3y Olin L. Warner. Commonwealth avenue, 

Boston. (1912) 
JLGcH... .Birthplace of Garrison and Old South Church. Newburyport, 

Mass. (1912) 

Wendell Phillips (181 1-84) 
References *Bacon, p. 228, 230-31; Wendell, p. 348-50 

JL PhD Portrait, Half-length. From negative from life in collection of L. C. 

Handy, Washington. (1912) 

See also JL GcC, above. 

Theodore Roosevelt (1858- ) 
JR R0C3 Portrait in Rough Rider Uniform, Standing Figure, Three-quarters 

Length. From negative (1898) from Ufe. Rockwood Studio, 

New York. (1914) 
JR RoD .... Portrait. From negative (191 1) from life by Pach Bros., New York. 

(1912) 

Carl Schurz (1829-1906) 
JN ScD.. . .Portrait. From negative (1905) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

Daniel Webster (i 782-1852) 

Reference: Wendell, p. 247-55 

JLWeCs... Portrait From a copy by Charles A Foster (Rhode Island His- 
torical Society, Providence, R. I.) of painting by G. P. A. Healy. 
(1911) 



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Call no. 
JL WeC7.. .Portrait, Face Turned Slightly toward the Right. From negative 
in collection of L. C. Handy, Washington. (191 2) 

JL WeC8. . .Portrait. Face Turned Slightly toward the Left. From negative 
in collection of Mr F. H. Meserve, New York. (191 3) 

jL "WeD . . . Portrait of Daniel Webster, Wearing a High Hat. From negative 
(1891) by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, from daguerreotype. (1912) 

JL WeH . . . Birthplace of Daniel Webster, Salisbury, N. H. From original 
negative (1878) of Kimball & Sons, Concord, N. H. {1911) 

JL WeH4. .Daniel Webster House. Portsmouth, N. H. (1912) 

Historians and Sociologists 

George Bancrojt (1800-91) 

References: Gilder, p. 17-27; Howe, p. 126-28; *Mitchell, 
p. 33-36, 46-59; Wendell, p. 271-72 

MBb BD. . .Portrait. From Brady negative from life in collection of Mr F. H. 
Meserve, New York. (19 13) 

John Lothrop Motley (1814-77) 
References: *Bacon, p. 228-30, 231-33; Howe, p. 128-30; Howells, 
p. 93-96; Wendell, p. 272-73 

M Mo BD.. .Portrait. From negative in Brady collection. Army War College, 
Washington. (191 2) 

Jacob Riis (1849-19 14) 

MRh BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1903) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

Woodrow Wilson (1856- ) 

JR WiD Portrait. From negative (191 1) from life by Harris & Ewing. 

Washington. (191 2) 

Writers on religion, ethics and philosophy 

Lyman Abbott (1835- ) 

MAb BD. . .Portrait. From negative (1908) frpm hfe by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

A. Bronson Alcott (i 799-1888) 

References: *Bacon, p. 388, 394-402; *Mitchell, p. 184-88; 
Swift, p. 233-41 et passim; Wendell, p. 328-32 

MAi BD.. . .Portrait. From photographic print in collection of Mr F. H. 
Meserve, New York. (1913) 

MZ Sc Chapel of the Concord School of Philosophy. Concord, Mass. 

(1911) 

Founded in 1879, the Concord School of Philosophy for nine 
years held summer meetings here. 



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Call no. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87) 

MBf BD . . . Portrait. From negative from life. Rockwood vStudio, New York. 
(1914) 

Phillips Brooks (1835-93) 

MBm BD.. .Portrait. From negative (1887) from life by F. Gutekunst, Phila- 
delphia. (191 2) 

MBm BE.. .Phillips Brooks Monument (unveiled 19 10). By Augustus St 
Gaudens. Before Trinity Church, Boston. (1910) 

Robert Colly er (1823-19 12) 

MCI BD.. . .Portrait. From negative (1905) from life by Pach Bros., New 
York. (1912) 

Sarah Margaret Fuller, Marchesa d'Ossoli (1810-50) 
References: *Bacon, p. 299-304; *Mitchell, p. 177-83; Swift, 
206-17 et passim 

MOs BH. . .Birthplace and Home. Cambridge, Mass. (1912) 

Only a part of Margaret Fuller's girlhood was spent here, the 
family moving to another part of Cambridge while she was still a 
girl. 

Journalists 

Charles Anderson Dana (1819-97) 
MDc BD. . .Portrait. From negative from life. Rockwood Studio, New York. 
(1914) 

Jeanette Leonard Gilder (1849-19 16) 

MGhBD. . .Portrait. Half-length Figure, Seated at a Small Table. From 
negative from life. Rockwood Studio, New York. (1914) 

David Gray (1836-88) 
For portrait, see MTw BC7, p. 24. 

Horace Greeley (181 1-72) 
References: *Mitchell, p. 359-73; Wendell, p. 454-55 

MGr BD . . . Portrait. From negative from life in Brady collection. Army 
War College, Washington. (1912) 

MGr BE. . .Statue (erected 1872), by J. Q. A. Ward. In front of Tribune build- 
ing, New York. (191 i) 

George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914) 
For portrait, see MTw BC7, p. 28. 

Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) 
MWe BD.. .Portrait. From negative from life in collection of Mr L. C. Handy, 
Washington. (1913) 

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